WorksheetsUSH Module 3 Section #1 Bellwork
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 6mins
Which of the following correctly categorizes three major sources of sectional conflict?
Economic: abolitionist conflict; Social: Southern secession; Political: cotton production and exports
Economic: popular sovereignty; Social: protective tariffs; Political: Northern factory production
Economic: cotton and enslaved labor; Social: abolitionist conflict; Political: state versus federal authority
Economic: Lincoln’s election; Social: railroad expansion; Political: Southern cotton profits
Why did the failure of the Crittenden Compromise suggest that the nation was approaching the point of no return?
It abolished slavery in the seceded states and produced an immediate military response.
It required the Southern states to surrender before political negotiations could begin.
It transferred federal forts to the Confederacy without receiving congressional approval.
It offered broad protections for slavery but still failed to prevent further secession.
Which sequence places the early secession crisis in the correct chronological order?
South Carolina secedes → Lincoln is elected → Confederacy forms → Fort Sumter is attacked
Lincoln is elected → South Carolina secedes → Confederacy forms → Fort Sumter is attacked
Lincoln is elected → Fort Sumter is attacked → South Carolina secedes → Confederacy forms
Confederacy forms → South Carolina secedes → Lincoln is elected → Fort Sumter is attacked
A student claims that Fort Sumter created the sectional crisis. Which evidence most strongly challenges that claim?
Secession and the formation of a Confederate government occurred before the attack.
The attack caused the United States garrison stationed inside the fort to surrender.
The bombardment began before Lincoln issued his call for additional Union troops.
The bombardment ended without combat deaths among the soldiers defending the fort.
Why did Lincoln’s call for 75,000 volunteers after Fort Sumter widen the conflict?
All four border states recognized the Confederacy and withdrew from the Union.
Four Upper South states seceded rather than provide troops against the Confederacy.
Several Deep South states abandoned the Confederacy and returned to the Union.
Multiple European governments formally entered the war on the Confederate side.
Why were the border states especially important to the Union?
They controlled most Southern cotton exports and contained its largest textile factories.
They provided the Confederacy with most of its weapons and industrial machinery.
They separated the western territories from the states located along the Pacific Coast.
They protected the capital and controlled important rivers, railroads, and transportation routes.
Which statement best compares the opposing sides’ original political goals?
The Union wanted immediate abolition, while the Confederacy wanted to conquer Northern territory.
The Union wanted reunification, while the Confederacy wanted recognition as an independent nation.
The Union wanted western expansion, while the Confederacy wanted control of Northern industry.
The Union wanted foreign assistance, while the Confederacy wanted to restore federal authority.
Which conclusion is best supported by the information in the table?
The Confederacy could replace lost soldiers and military equipment more easily.
The Union would need foreign assistance to manufacture and transport supplies.
The Union was better equipped to supply, reinforce, and transport a large army.
The Confederacy’s agricultural production guaranteed that the war would remain short.
How did the Southern economy’s dependence on cotton become a Confederate vulnerability?
It guaranteed European governments would recognize Confederate independence.
t supplied Confederate factories with sufficient iron, machinery, and weapons.
It eliminated the Confederacy’s need to purchase manufactured goods overseas.
It made the Union blockade especially damaging to Southern trade and revenue.
Which statement best explains how slavery affected the Confederate war effort?
Forced labor supported production, but escape and resistance weakened the Confederate system.
Enslaved people voluntarily provided most of the soldiers serving in Confederate armies.
Slavery gave the Confederacy a larger free population available for military service.
Enslaved labor allowed Southern manufacturing to exceed Northern industrial production.
Which statement best compares Union and Confederate military strategies?
The Union planned to defend its borders, while the Confederacy planned to blockade Northern ports.
The Union planned to blockade and divide the South, while the Confederacy planned to prolong the war.
The Union sought foreign recognition, while the Confederacy sought control of the Mississippi River.
The Union avoided Southern territory, while the Confederacy targeted Northern factories and railroads.
A student argues that the Confederacy’s early advantages made its victory inevitable. Which evidence most strongly challenges this argument?
Confederate armies defended familiar territory located closer to their homes and communities.
Southern officers brought valuable military experience to several early Confederate armies.
Union population, industry, and transportation could replace losses over an extended war.
Confederate strategy required survival rather than permanent occupation of the entire North.
